Category: Specials

Ummm, HELLO! Where did the time go? How did I let a whole 9 days pass since my last post? I think the answer to that is that in those 9 days, we did the following:
Kori and Rick and their 3 kiddos came into town from Chicago to be here for Dawson's farewell
We threw a big baby shower for our Daysha
Dawson gave his farewell talk at church (and Daysha sang a beautiful song as well)
We had about 200 people come over for dinner afterward
I tau...Read More

HAPPENINGS JULY 2013
Tuesdays- Enjoy summer & look terrific when you receive PM Shines for just $15. Senior Celebration- service guests age 60 and over receive The Wash House experience & style for $5.
Wednesdays- Man Up! Style isn't born, it's groomed; so, me, get your style on & receive a haircut every Wednesday for $5 ($10 for Phase Two Future Professionals).
Thursdays- Cool off this summer with a cool new look & receive...Read More

We were invited to try out the new specials menu at Frankie & Benny's, so it would have been rude not to, right?
The specials menu is available every day except Saturdays. As Saturday is generally the only day we can get a baby-sitter, we decided to visit during the week instead, and went today at lunchtime. We decided to grace Hull Kingswood with our rowdy custom.
It was a nice change actually, going when it is quieter. With Trouble ...Read More

The Specials
The Specials, London, August 1979. Photograph: Alamy [source]
Three sessions recorded for John Peel [info] by one of my all time favourite bands. Interesting selection of songs too, including a couple I hadn't heard before.
23/05/1979 [link]
Gangsters
Too Much Too Young
Concrete Jungle
Monkey Man
15/10/1979 [link]
Rude Boys Outa Jail
Rat Race
The Skinhead Symphony In Three Movemen...Read More

I've started to figure out that many don't want to train over the summer, given the inquiries I've had about it. Having been up at the site working on the ranges over the weekend, I feel you. However, in the trees you are out of direct sunlight so it is shaded and not as hot as it is in the open.
Drink water, then keep drinking it!
Train hard, fight easy.
Given that, I am going to offer training specials for the July 20/21 and Augu...Read More

I am intrigued by the Penguin Specials - bite sized ebooks that can be read in a sitting. Penguin has a long tradition of exploring short form literary non-fiction and fiction, publishing it in cheap and accessible formats, and so it is little wonder that they have found a way of exploiting the potential of digital publishing. I was enchanted by The Element of Need by James Bradley, a short haunting meditation on the violence of the city of his ...Read More

Hard Truths (Cross-examining crime writers) has been out for a couple of weeks now, and doing some nice business it has to be said, but for those of you with a narrower field of interest there's a few special editions winging their way to an Amazon near you...
Four of the acclaimed authors featured in Hard Truths have been released in three editions - Ian Rankin and Irvine Welsh under the one title; Andrew Vachss and William McIlvanney is sep...Read More